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FishyOS

Any ideas on where to start with a 3D product configuration tool?

My 3D Modeler and I are attempting to create a web accessible tool that would allow our customers to configure and interact with a real-time model of different products we sell, but neither of us have never done anything like this.

I'm familiar with OpenGL, and I should be able to translate that pretty easily to WebGL. Really what I'm looking for is possibly some frameworks to use.

My modeler is thinking we might be able to embed an Unreal or Unity project in the browser, but I think I'd prefer something more native based in WebGL so I can control everything easily in JS if the customer decides to purchase a their configuration.

Any direction is appreciated! Thanks all.

Posted Mar 26, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC

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TryGo202•

Unity has an option to build as a webGL project

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lilfirelord•

I’d look into Three.js [https://threejs.org]

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FishyOSOP•

Checked it out, looks promising. Thank you!

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react-devreact•

At my previous agency we made a huge project like this. We used blend for web for the models, React for the frontend and a laravel backend. Worked like a charm.

That project was extremely big though.

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cars_4_ever•

Any idea how much the project sold for?

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react-devreact•

As I said it was an extremely big project for one of the top 50 net worth companies in Germany.

Probably hundreds of thousands of Euros, it was developed over a year long period, with 4~ senior developers on the project all the time and a bunch of less experienced developers.

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